The Hidden Tale of an Antique Travel Trunk & Rare Bare-Knuckle Print | Restoration Roadshow Ep 15

Can these damaged heirlooms be saved from total ruin? 🚨✨ Antiques legend Eric Knowles and his crack squad of master restorers are taking on high-stakes antique conservation at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire! From an ink-stained 19th century boxing print to a battered Victorian travel trunk, watch incredible transformations bring damaged history back to life. 🥊🧳🍷 In this episode: 🥊 Louise Drover uses a specialist vacuum table to lift stubborn ink stains from a rare 1820s boxing print engraved by a local Blenheim-born artist 🧳 Tim Akers cleans and wax-polishes a weathered Victorian travel trunk that its owners once thought was only fit for firewood 🍷 Roger Hawkins advises against restoring a sentimental Royal Doulton harvestware tea set, as the repair costs would outweigh its value 🕰️ We discover how custodian John Richards keeps Blenheim's remarkable 300-year-old "bird cage" tower clock, exactly twice the age of Big Ben, ticking for another 50 years 🍿 Watch the full episode and binge the complete series here: 👉    • Restoration Roadshow   #RestorationRoadshow #EricKnowles #Antiques #BlenheimPalace #PaperRestoration #FurnitureRestoration #CeramicRestoration #ClockRestoration #AntiquesRoadshow #AuctionDay #Craftsmanship